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    Strange Sound Request

    So I got a newish motherboard cpu and ram from my dad because he upgraded. Its faster than what I had. Problem is only one of the main sound channels work. The left channel is dead. I tried putting in a sound card but it looks like all of the PCI slots are dead on it too. Everything else...
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    Old dell upgrade problem

    Howdy, I am upgrading an old dell dimension 6100 for a friend and he is trying to put a radeon 9800 pro in it. However, when i put it in all the comp does is beep. If i leave it in but its aux. power plug unconnected the monitor turns on but it does the same beep and says i need to plug it...
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    Father is an oldie

    Howdy, my father has been using comps for a while now and he says that its a "rule" to never have a cd drive on the same IDE channel as a hard drive. I have never heard of this and am wondering if it is correct. Thx.
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    Windows XP slowdown

    My friend told me that every once in a while like 6 mo. or so it is good or format and re-install XP. He says that it will make my computer run generally faster. Is he right, and if he is right, why is that so? Isn't XP a sophisticated operating system that can handle itself for more than half...